Doc came again yesterday and gave me gavapentin, a neuro drug that helps nerve pain and it has reduced the pain to very minimal. The antivirals have just about got rid of the shingles rash and I slept 12 hours last night, i was SO shocked when i woke up but feeling so much better!!

My daughter put out the xmas cards last night in the dark (thanks Sylvie) in about 6 minutes!!

I managed to go online to get my shopping after a discussion with Sainsburys online, as all the spots were booked and when i explained i am housebound at the moment they sorted it for me , so my shopping is on its way tomorrow!

My hubby and daughter put up the trees and fireplace and hall and front door deccies and they did a much better job than me, looks lovely!!

My cleaner, bless her, (i pay for her from my DLA) cleaned, changed beds for my mum coming and did my ironing. I paid her extra but well worth it, and guess what , she is collecting my mum from the station tomorrow.

And i am much more positive about them all helping at xmas after all your comments and thanks Cris for reminding me to look a last years blog and yes they did all muck in last year and it was great!

Love you all, you have been my rock during this little hard recovery bit Axx

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it must be great to be organised! i'm scatter-brained at the best of times never mind this time of year!

i'm glad the gabapentin is heping you - it seems to take a while to get working but it helped with my heal pain. the problem i have with it is it makes me more forgetful and i can't remember what some things are called- it makes me forget nouns oddly enough but i think for me, if it's a choice between being forgetful and dozier and pain and i chose to be dozy and forgetful..

Lol, I wish I could rub out some fat though like a touch up photo! Ye they r great and I know they r with me, teenagers though...sometimes. And I know how gorgeous and talented your family are too, love and thanks , just watching rubbish tv with a cup of tea and feeling much less stressed and pained, god bless the docs, this time lol! axx

Hi allanah good to know that you are now sorted but it is sometimes difficult to put things into perspective. Glad to hear that the reminder of what you were like last year was helpful. We sometimes think that things are the worst they can get and it just needs a little prompt.

I have been feeling really quite good since I had the steroid injection on 5 Nov and when I went for rheumy appt last week started to think maybe I had been imagining how bad I felt especially when told I had undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis and I ahd been convinced they would tell me I had RA. Been waiting for the big slump and it hasnt come so did a bank shift today finished at 5pm and am already starting to feel it feet feel sore and aching all over maybe I have been overestimating my abilities.

Hope you continue to improve and enjoy your xmas with thise who mean the most to you.

Thanks Cris for the very helpful prompt , it did make me think and stop being so selfish, but I think the pain being less is the best thing . And don't u overd it!! Hoping the slump doesn't happen till January Hee Hee xxxx. thanks again A xx